By Ryan Dombal
on July 6, 2010 at 12:55 p.m. EDT

Photo by Cody Smyth

Another day, another passionless interview from Julian Casablancas, and another release date push back for the fourth Strokes album.

According to a recent chat with BBC 6, the new Strokes record is the most collaborative thing the band has ever done. It's about halfway finished and now due in March. (Previous reports had it coming out late this year and then in January 2011.)

By Tom Breihan
on March 15, 2010 at 11:25 a.m. EDT

TheÂ "Saturday Night Live" Digital Short viral video factory has struck again. This weekend, the musical guest was Pearl Jam, but thankfully we were not subjected to Eddie Vedder rapping about Coco Puffs or anything like that.

Instead, the Lonely Islandbraintrust (Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer) debuted their video for "Boombox", the Julian Casablancas collaboration from their year-old Incredibad album. The song might be an extended riff on the dangerous power of the ghetto-blaster, but it still features, arguably, the most expressive and emotional Casablancas vocal performance ever. I went through way too much of the past weekend with the "whaaa-oooh-whooahhh, everyone was wearing fingerless gloves" bit stuck in my head.

By Amy Phillips
on January 4, 2010 at 4:00 a.m. EST

Happy New Year! After a two week break, Pitchfork News is back in full swing for 2010. Of course, plenty of music news happened while we were out stuffing our faces with holiday meals/lying on the beach in the tropics/partying with Girl Talk (and his house!) on New Year's Eve. Here's a round up of some notable items, including news about Trent Reznor, Feist and Jeff Tweedy, Animal Collective's Deacon, T.I., Lil Wayne, Rivers Cuomo, Julian Casablancas, the Decemberists, Michael Jackson, Mos Def and Gorillaz, Real Estate and Woods, and many more.

By Ryan Dombal
on November 6, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. EST

Photo by Williams + Hirakawa

With his devil-may-care attitude, expertly weathered leather jackets, and gritted croon, Julian Casablancas once defined what it meant to be a cool rock star in the twenty-first century. And while he still came off pretty damn cool when chatting on the phone earlier this week, he seemed a bit tentative, too.

When asked about living in L.A. compared to New York, it really did sound like he hadn't thought about the issue too much and was working out his preference in real time. The same uncertainty took hold when discussing the future of the Strokes. "We're supposed to get back together in January but don't hold me to that," he said, sounding a little frustrated by the prolonged gestation of his band's fourth album.

But Casablancas has plenty of other things to think about now that his debut solo record, Phrazes for the Young, is out and he's prepping for a globe-hopping tour in support of it. In this interview, the singer talks about his elaborate new live setup ("it's like half Pink Floyd laser light show"), his dog (who happens to be named after a character from "Perfect Strangers"), and his idea for a new video game:

By Ryan Dombal
on November 4, 2009 at 3:05 p.m. EST

Now you can hear the song-- originally made famous by "Saturday Night Live" stars Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan-- on MySpace. You can also stream Julian's new album, Phrazes for the Young, in its entirety (along with two bonus tracks) over there, too.

By Ryan Dombal
on November 3, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. EST

Photo by Williams + Hirakawa

On December 21, Strokes singer Julian Casablancas will release a limited edition 7" and download of the holiday-themed tune "I Wish It Was Christmas Today", which you may remember from an "SNL" skit starring Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan. (Via NME.) Watch the original version after the jump.